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J. S. CROTTY.

DRESS STAY. S

Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. OROTTY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRESS-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,835, dated October4, 1892.

(No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN S. OROTTY, of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented a new Improvement 1nDress-Stays; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with aocolnpanying drawings and the letters of refera encemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure l, a front view of the stay complete; Fig. 2, a longitudinalcentral section of one end portion of the stay enlarged; Fig. 3, a faceview of one of the springs, showing the protector in broken lines; Fig.4:, an edge view of the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of stays fordresses and like purposes, in which the stay is composed of a fiat metalspring inclosed by a covering, the covering projecting beyond the sidesand ends of the stay, so as to form fabric edges by which the stay maybe stitched tothe garment. The metal springs in this class of stays areusually provided with a metal tip on each end to prevent wear betweenthe ends of the spring and the covering. The covering is cut from twothicknesses of fabric of a width and length greater than the width andlength of the spring, and the two parts are placed one upon one side andt-he other upon the other side of the spring, stitched together by aline of stitches running each side of the Wire to form a pocket for thespring. Then the covering is stitched transversely across each end closeto the tips of the spring. As the projection at the ends cannot be verygreat and the covering is so narrow that any tendency of the spring towork longitudinally, bearing, as it must, against the transverse line ofstitches, soon forces the transverse threads beyond the stitches out ofplace and so as to open the pocket, the transverse'line of stitchesbeing intended to afford a stop to prevent such longitudinal movement ofthe wire.

The object of this invention is to form a support within the coveringfor the tipped stay and which will not be liable to Wear or work out thetransverse threads in the projecting ends of the covering, and also toavoid the transverse stitching, which weakens the covering at the ends;and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described,and particularly recited in the claim.

The springs A are cut from flat steel or other suitable wire of therequired length and are provided at each end with the usual metal tip B.A covering is prepared from two thick nesses of fabric C D of a widthand length greater than the width and length of the springs. Over eachend of the spring a strip of fabric E is doubled, closed upon the tips,as seen in Fig. 2, and extending down upon opposite sides of the tipsand of a width corresponding, substantially, to the width of thecovering, broken lines, Figs. 3 and 4, indicating the fabric so doubledover the ends. The covering is then applied, one thickness at each sideof the spring and of the doubled fabric over the tips, and thenlongitudinal lines of stitches a d, Fig. 1, are run, one line at eachside of the spring. These lines of stitches run through the doubledfabric or protectors E and not only form a longitudinal pocket for thestay, butsecure the double protectors Within the covering and so as tobear directly upon the ends of the tips.y The lines of stitches runthrough to the ends of the covering, and that part of the covering whichprojects at each side and the ends serves as the means for attaching thestay to the garment, as usual in this class of stays.

By introducing the protector doubled over the ends of the stays, andwhich may be made from fabric or from leather or other suitable materialthrough which the lines of stitches may be conveniently run, the saidprotectors form a support against the ends of the springs to prevent thelongitudinal movement of the springs, and this support, instead of beingof a strength equal only to a line of stitches run transversely acrossthe covering at the end of the stay, distributes the strain throughoutthe length of the doubled protector and upon the longitudinal lines ofstitches which are run through the covering.

I do not claim, broadly, a dress-stay consisting of a iiat spring havinga covering made from two thicknesses, the thicknesses broader and longerthan the stay and stitched together to form a pocket between thethicknesses and IOO stantially corresponding to the width of the twothicknesses of covering, the two thicknesses of covering appliedY to therespective sides of the spring and its protectors, With longitudinallines of stitches run through the two thicknesses and through thedoubled protectors at each side the spring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specication in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN s. cRoTTr Witnesses:

FRED. C. EARLE, JOHN E. EARLE.

